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The mission of The UK Blog Awards is to recognise the unique and resonant nature of the Internet community – from bloggers to Social Influencers and through organisations and individual creators. The UK Blog Awards is the most prestigious, and the only, multi-industry awards honouring online excellence.

#BlogHour

Let us start by saying that #bloghour is our FAVOURITE time of the week. Spending an hour + with the incredible blogging community talking about all sorts of weird and wonderful topics. There is so much that we want to talk about and so much that we want to hear from you…so we’ve decided to create a plan for what we’re going to talk about over the next few months. If you’re new to this then we host our highly engaged #Bloghour every single Tuesday at 9pm over on Twitter. Our plan for 2019 has been led by a variety of topics around 4 key areas:

Business

Mental Health

Mindset

Creativity

Now then this list is JUST what I (Lauren) could come up with with a little help from my friends. If you have got an idea for a #bloghour then please email us at: support@blogawardsuk.co.uk and we’ll feature your idea (if we like it…we probably will!)

If you’re a brand or a business and you’ve got something you want to talk about with the blogging community then our #bloghours are available for collaboration with brands too so get in touch with us if you would like to know more (using the same email address).

Hey everyone!! We started our blog in January& recently our blog post titled "Why it's not about numbers on social media" boosted traffic!! We want to share it with our blogger friends who still are rushing for traffic.. #BLOGOS #bloghour #bloggingtips https://t.co/BD5r0njvdb

Hey everyone!! We started our blog in January& recently our blog post titled "Why it's not about numbers on social media" boosted traffic!! We want to share it with our blogger friends who still are rushing for traffic.. #BLOGOS #bloghour #bloggingtips
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@UKBlogAwards I think any social media platform can be bad for bullying and trolling. I was bullied through Facebook were the people bullying me would upload videos of themselves making fun of me to all their friends. But the worst is Insta as you can't report DM messages to anyone #bloghour

@UKBlogAwards It has been one of the biggest causes of my anxiety and very low self esteem. It has made me lose trust in people so I have trust issues. I wish I chose to stand up for myself more but I was scared instead of letting them get away with it until I told someone about it. #bloghour

@UKBlogAwards Thanks for hosting! It was a really good chat. I didn’t think I’d have much to say about the topic, but surprisingly I felt like I contributed a bit! It was a really interesting topic! Down with trolls! #bloghour

@UKBlogAwards Thank you so much for hosting this chat, it's a subject that is incredibly sensitive for me. I loved to hear other peoples advice and that I'm not alone and together we can rise above them 🥰 #bloghour

@UKBlogAwards Actually! I remembered one of my photos about my brothers LGBT post on IG got a troll on it. It was an old friend from school. Told me I’m dumb for posting it and mansplained how ‘outing my bro’ was dangerous (he was out already). He was homophobic and I reported him #bloghour

@UKBlogAwards I think they just get a kick out of causing drama tbh. The fact that a lot of the time they don't know you probably gives them false confidence as well because they think they can do what they want without any consequences

Thank you all for a great @UKBlogAwards #BlogHour tonight, thank you for the love, RTs and the follows, makes a change me tweeting during the hour from here, but it's been great fun as it's been a while. Tweet you all next week. ^Karen

@UKBlogAwards Definitely a mixture of reasons! Could be that someone is jealous - maybe their own life is pretty bad so they turn to bully others, could be that that's how they've seen others behave so they've picked up the same behavior #Bloghour

@UKBlogAwards A6) As mentioned earlier tonight it's seems to be the big "J", jealousy, it's such a shame that it happens, but maybe it's part of human nature, some people can be horrible and they don't think of the damage they are doing, but some seem to love the pain they inflict! #BlogHour

@UKBlogAwards I think things like only being able to create one username using one email address are great to stop multiple fake accounts. There could definitely be better responses to reporting people though

@UKBlogAwards Though from my trolls I've learnt that a lot of it steams for self hate and jealous. Thinking I some hoe live a better life than they do, if only they knew -_-
They target you because you are doing SOMETHING while they are doing NOTHING. #bloghour

@UKBlogAwards A6) Issues with their daily lives, or how they were brought up as children. The different between the offline era and the connected era is staggering. Young people will never know what it was like before Internet. As a society we need to mature our net behaviour. #bloghour

@UKBlogAwards At the end of the day inevitably, they will become bored after you not responding, it's a shame mine hasn't learned she isn't getting anywhere. I don't think they share the same brain cells as you and I if I'm being honest. #bloghour

@UKBlogAwards 3.I think they do it out of a deep sadness in their own soul at being so unhappy with themselves. If it’s a personal attack (you know who it is) then I’d say it’s either out of a fallout they can’t let go of or because they are simply jealous. #bloghour

@UKBlogAwards I honestly beileve that jealousy plays a major part, the truth is they dont 'hate you' it's the exact opposite. Trolls will try to make you feel bad about yourself and put you down, don't let them and don't stoop to thier level. They have nothing better to do! 🙌 #Bloghour

@femenish @UKBlogAwards I feel like so much more could be done on this issue and it just isn't and it really is frustrating. Even more so when the trolls go around using your picture or name to drag your name in the dirt... it's soulless #bloghour

@UKBlogAwards It's difficult to put something in place that can put a stop to it, we've got the report option but it's still not enough, if they were to put more surveillance on social media I'm sure people would complain about having zero privacy #Bloghour

@UKBlogAwards this is a completely different topic, but things being shared on Facebook (eg Chch shooting) and then on ig and YouTube. Facebook should be more aware of what’s happening online, they need to be more vigilant. They do have a lot to answer for imo #bloghour

@UKBlogAwards Usually I name and shame the people who wronged me on either my blog, on a website/news outlet or in a magazine article/review. I'd like to make examples out of them. (Psst, I'm looking at you, @DiamondLordess. She used to steal my photos without asking for permission). #Bloghour

@UKBlogAwards And as much as I try to complain to the social plate form itself the troll either makes a new account or uses their mums or some other family member or friends account. You just have to stray away from profile that don't show real identity #bloghour

@UKBlogAwards #BlogHour A5 If on YouTube or certain blogging platforms such as WordPress, then comments on videos or blog posts can be put on approval to filter out any potentially mean comments that could be posted on then.

@UKBlogAwards Reporting only goes so far. More does need to be done about stopping online bullying and trolls. It’s hard to say what - maybe more surveillance and rules about online behaviour. Since it’s online it can be really hard to track. #bloghour

@UKBlogAwards 2.Honestly, I don’t know if there is anything that can be done. A few times I’ve gone to the police, they’ve told me they’d investigate. A few months go by I call up and eventually get told there’s nothing that can be done if they haven’t threatened me or attack me #bloghour

@UKBlogAwards Real identity in order to make profiles, I find people don't say things when officially named. Hiding behind a 'fake profile' gives them power. (In thier minds anyway.) To me hiding behind a fake profile is cowardly. Never has my troll messaged me with there birth name! #bloghour

@JenLGilmour @UKBlogAwards This!! I actually talk a lot about this with my students, although it’s more in the real world incidents (rather than online). I tell them to ignore comments, mean people etc because then trolls don’t have a reaction to feed off! #bloghour ignoring works irl too.

@luvlifewlee @BlazingMinds @ssherrytweets @UKBlogAwards @facebook It’s even important to report things on facebook, Twitter etc that aren’t necessarily trolling people but are spreading hate speech. #bloghour if you see things that are terrible or disgusting don’t stand by and do nothing - report it!!

@luvlifewlee @BlazingMinds @ssherrytweets @UKBlogAwards Once I reported a whole branch of my very distant family because they were trolling my brother - they writing homophobic, body shaming messages publicly on facebook. I think their facebook accounts were taken down for a while. #bloghour

@UKBlogAwards Don't respond to them, block them, but if it is getting out of hand then I would tell someone for sure, you shouldn't have to handle it by yourself, they'll be people there to support you 💚 #Bloghour

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I have a chocolate obsession and I was going to call my new kitten something related to chocolate but my family started to make fun of me so I ended up naming him bear as he looked like a bear when he was tiny 🙂 #bloghour

@UKBlogAwards Hey everyone. I am Jennifer and I am an author and advocate for women in abusive relationships. I have two publications and I blog about my experiences of domestic abuse, my knowledge, my writing, books I read, my new findings and my journey. #bloghour https://t.co/rApBFkRPDB

About us

The mission of The UK Blog Awards is to recognise the unique and resonant nature of the Internet community – from bloggers to Social Influencers and through organisations and individual creators. The UK Blog Awards is the most prestigious, and the only, multi-industry awards honouring online excellence.